2023-11-22 15:57:37 ¶ ●

I LOVE how Will isn’t picky with whatever Hannibal feeds him, the meat being human not withstanding. He eats the protein scramble and thanks him, he eats the Silkie chicken soup. He eats the fish dish that has the tail going into the mouth. He eats the Ortolan, of course, he is trying to catch Hannibal in this case. My point being!! Will doesn’t eat any of these foods like he’s on Man vs. Wild and he is starving with no other choice. Most of these dishes are clearly foreign to him, complicated by the way Hannibal describes them, but Will always accepts them graciously, simply, and with respect, and he thanks Hannibal. There is a certain humility in him when it comes to being offered food; Will respects the act itself. That someone put in the effort and made him something, so he will accept it kindly. He isn’t difficult about it. At least with Hannibal - we haven’t seen anyone else make him things. It could also just be that he can read how prideful and poised Hannibal is and understands the gravity of an act of service from him. But I just really adore it.